Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
Continuing our exploratioin of Bon Iver and the Little Things, here’s a very entertaining and well-written review by Kate Dries of WBEZ of Bon Iver’s recent show in Chicago. I especially like Kate’s description of the frustrated fan: Standing after every song and cheering, while throwing up a “Rock On!” hand signal, this middle-aged man [...]
This past Thursday night I listened to Alexander Rose talk about the Long Now Foundation’s 10,000 Year Clock project. I have to admit the project didn’t make much sense to me when I first heard about it. I thought the project was a bit crazy and way too ambitously misguided and impractical. But nonetheless I was [...]
During this episode of Live Fix Radio, we explore how the female brain, body and emotions are impacted by the live music experience. We also spoke with Egyptian hardcore band Massive Scar Era. And after seeing the female-fronted quartet perform live at Obbityfest 2011, Sherine (vocals/guitar) and Nancy (violin) told us about how the [...]
Here’s our latest Concert Fan Video Journal from our adventure yesterday as we checked out a special preview of the Chicago Music Tour. The tour explores the history of Chicago venues, punk and rock labels, and legendary bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Ministry, Effigies, Naked Raygun, Wilco, Liz Phair and more! And after the tour at [...]
On the night of February 3rd, two Chicago rock bands — Jonny Rumble and The Kickback — led the way in escaping from the Great Blizzard of 2011. It was an unexpected journey filled with pain, pleasure, humor and vulnerability. This is a three-part open letter to the bands telling you the story of how [...]
In no particular order or ranking here’s another rundown of some new bits and cool links to stories for your live music enjoyment about… Prince’s Super Bowl no-show, The White Stripes break-up, Phish’s new festival, NPR’s love for Shea Stadium, Chicago’s race to fund its music fests, Less Than Jake’s return , and an update [...]
As we’ve told you before, there are a lot of exciting independent bands that rock Chicago on a nightly basis. And tonight at The Hideout Johnny Rumble and The Kickback will doing their best to help melt away the memory of yesterday’s massive blizzard that turned the Midwest upside down and shook us up like [...]
Here’s another hybrid live music and running exploration for ya. This past Sunday I participated in Kohl’s “Step Up for the Kids,” which involved me and five other family members trekking up 80 floors (1643 steps) at the Aon Center building in Chicago. (photo above: they gave us cute Dr. Seuss dolls after finishing.) So [...]
Continuing our exploration into house concerts, The Little Things and other nuances and exciting elements of live concert culture, here’s an exclusive interview with Frank Orrall of Poi Dog Pondering as he leads the band to return to the Vic Theatre for two WXRT shows this weekend in Chicago.
Continuing our story about aspiring 13 year-old musician Kate Diaz, we’ve got an update about how you can see her perform live at the Abbey Pub in Chicago.
To get your weekend kick-started, here’s a live show preview featuring California-based rapper Lyrics Born and live remixing trio Keys N Krates at Abbey Pub, plus the usual plethora of Friday download gems from Wolfgang’s Vault celebrating Bonnie Raitt, The Newport Jazz Festival, The Grateful Dead and more.
